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Christopher Harris is the global vice chair of Latham & Watkins’ Litigation & Trial Department and head of the firm’s Bankruptcy Litigation & Creditors’ Rights Practice. His work focuses on insolvency litigation, fraud
Leah Friedman is counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department, where she specialises in cross-border and multijurisdictional disputes. Her practice encompasses
and other business torts, including in the cross- border context, and disputes regarding credit agreements and related securities. Christopher has served as lead trial counsel in many of the largest bankruptcies nationwide, and as a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center, instructing new federal bankruptcy judges on discovery issues. He holds a JD from Stanford Law School and a BA from Harvard University. He is admitted to practise in New York and California.
domestic and cross-border antitrust litigation, class action defense, complex commercial disputes, and international arbitration. Leah was educated at the University of Sydney and Harvard Law School, and served as a law clerk to Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia. She is admitted to practise in New York, and has served on the New York City Bar Association’s Litigation and Ethics Committees.
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